GRE Word List
EMISSARY
one designated as the agent of another : representative
The meaning of the word emissary is one designated as the agent of another : representative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |